Archive: 25/10/2013

Novel inhibitor implicates the TORC2 kinase in genome stability

(Medical Xpress)—FMI scientists have identified a novel inhibitor, which synergizes with low-doses of other DNA damaging agents, to induce a dramatic chromosome fragmentation even in normal cells. Unexpectedly, the compound ...

Oct 25, 2013

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Antibody fragment ameliorates first hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease in mice

Researchers at the Biosciences Unit of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with the UAB Institute of Neurosciences (INc), have conducted trials ...

Oct 25, 2013

Recognizing cancer diseases at an early stage: Researchers develop label-free automatic cancer diagnostics

Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) have developed a new spectroscopic method to support pathologists in diagnosing cancer. In the Journal of Biophotonics and the Analyst they compared conventional procedures ...

Oct 25, 2013

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Learning how organs form explains fatal birth defects

(Medical Xpress)—Symmetry in vertebrates only goes skin deep – many internal organs grow differently left to right. Cornell researchers have discovered a temporary molecular traffic system that starts an embryo's organs ...

Oct 25, 2013

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Genetic variants associated with bronchodilator responsiveness

A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) reveals several new gene variants that are associated with how people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) respond to inhaled bronchodilators. COPD is ...

Oct 25, 2013

DNA variants may influence COPD patients' response to inhaled bronchodilators

Several novel gene variants may help explain the response of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) to inhaled bronchodilators, according to a meta-analysis reported today (Oct. 25) at the American Society ...

Oct 25, 2013